Photographic Lighting: Essential Skills (Photography Essential Skills) Book

The approach taken in this book is very practical focusing on building on the users competence throughout the book. A new chapter Lighting Techniques is to be included devoted to specific examples and illustrations of specific lighting techniques. These include a selection of examples; portraiture fashion set-ups and mixed lighting techniques appropriate to a location situation. As well as a solid grounding in the principles of lighting techniques these real world examples will provide the reader with all they need to know to manage a shoot in a particular environment. Reference will also be given to digital capture running in parallel with traditional film imaging. This is an inspirational text; as well as encouraging visual expression; it is a highly structured learning tool that ensures all the essential skills are learnt and applied to help improve use of light in photography. Fully illustrated with lots of new images it now comes in full colour! It includes student assignments to put theoretical knowledge into a creative context and sets clear aims and objectives to become proficient when working with light.Read More